Thinking going to have to call on call MD tomorrow. Late this evening left surgical site where staples are still in place, painful, red, warm to touch. No drainage or fever , but I think something's brewing. Why couldn't it have surfaced on a weekday during clinic hours. But may wait til Monday, as the advice will likely be go to ER, and I will not. I am an administrator at the hospital and do not want to go. We'll see if we can come to some other compromise. Here I am bargaining scenarios all by myself, geez, I need to just go to sleep

I had something similar, except I had some drainage but no heat. Anyway I am a nursing student and have a nurse for a mother so I did a wait and watch approach for a couple days. I washed it a few times a day with Dial antibacterial soap and used triple antibiotic ointment on it and it was great in a couple days. I don't recommend not contacting your surgeons office, I knew mine was mild by the looks and drainage however it being the weekend I would call first thing Monday morning unless you start running a fever, than ER and keep it clean and dry and open to air.

They removed my staples day after surgery before I went home for that reason. Body doesn't seem to like them sounds like.